Beware of fishy details

Editor / Provider: Tevin Wang, a&s International | Updated: 5/17/2013 | Article type: Tech Corner

Fisheye cameras provide views from all angles, but must be set up properly to be effective. This feature takes a closer look at practical expectations and tips.

Fisheye cameras are all about seeing everything in a scene more efficiently and effectively than with multiple cameras. They are also more economical as they reduce licensing costs by requiring only one license instead of multiple camera licenses to cover the same area. By expanding horizontally, fisheye cameras allow security managers to cover an entire scene in a logical way without gaps or missing areas of coverage. Other benefits include:
● A huge field-of-view, hence total coverage with no blind spots
● Unbroken surveillance on a single camera; no camera switching required
● Massively reduced camera counts when covering large areas
● PTZ or ePTZ around the scene during playback

However, fisheye cameras are not a cure-all for replacing fixed or PTZ cameras in every scenario, as the loss of detail plus pixel density drops are still their Achilles' heel. “Depending on camera mounting height and distance from the subject, what the user may not get from the 360 camera could be facial-recognition shots or car license plates,” said David Myers, CTO at AMG Systems. “In these cases, the use of an additional fixed camera may be required, usually at an entrance or exit.”

Tips
As fisheye cameras change the perspectives of security personnel who actually “see” the video, installers should pay closer attention when deploying them. First, installers must be conscious of where the camera is being mounted on and of the type of material of the wall or ceiling. As certain fisheye cameras are designed to blend into the decor and need to be mounted on harder ceiling material like drywall or sheetrock, plenum space where air circulation is used might not be a good option. “Aesthetics plays an important role in many installations, especially when mounted at eye level or just above eye level in a wall,” said Greg Alcorn, Global Sales Director for Oncam Grandeye.

Since a fisheye camera covers a wide area in all directions, “ceiling or mounting height is important, and cameras should be positioned strategically to provide the best coverage of the area,” Myers said. Additionally, how the camera is going to be powered (with PoE) and how it would connect to the management network should be given some thought.

Claire Huang, Product Marketing Specialist at Dynacolor, agreed. “Due to resolution drops around the edges, users should make areas of interest the center of the image. Thus, the height and location should be carefully considered.”

Another consideration is light variations in a given scene. “Very bright lights often blow out a scene or create lots of shadows, and many 360-degree cameras cannot pick up information because the image is either too dark or too bright,” Alcorn said. The brightest and darkest areas will be a challenge for the camera to resolve. “Installers should consider the entire scene when placing a camera — how much light will be visible and what in your scene is important to see for total situational awareness.”

When installed under a bright environment with lamps of low frequencies, there might be flickering as well, Huang added.

Security professionals should understand that fisheye cameras are designed to add value, rather than perform as a Swiss-army-knife solution for surveillance. Fixed or PTZ cameras might still be required to ensure fisheye cameras provide a complete overview of the scene and a conclusive evidence trail for devising proper business or security measures.

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Axis introduces high-density video encoder chassis

Editor / Provider: Axis Communications | Updated: 5/15/2013 | Article type: Security 50

Axis Communications announced the release of its Q7436 video encoder blade and Q7920 video encoder chassis, which is one of the industry's highest-density encoder chassis with support for up to 84 analog cameras. The new high-performance video encoder solution is ideal for demanding locations such as airports, railway stations and city surveillance–where high performance, flexibility and reliability are required.

“This new video encoder system is an ideal, future-proof video surveillance solution offering outstanding performance and great flexibility,” said Erik Frannlid, Director of Product Management at Axis. “It allows customers with large scale analog video surveillance installations to connect their cameras to an IP network, giving instant access to digital benefits, including intelligent video capabilities, remote access and scalability.”

The video encoder blade has support for 60/50 fps, providing smooth video even in high motion scenes. It delivers multiple, individually configurable video streams from each channel, at full frame rate in all resolutions. Furthermore, this six channel video encoder blade offers great image features such as reduced noise, enhanced sharpness and optimized contrast, allowing for even better image quality output.

For larger, centralized systems, high-density rack solutions with encoder blades offer the most flexible and reliable solutions. The Q7920 is a rack mount encoder chassis, providing an expandable solution for migrating large-scale analog installations to network video. It holds up to 14 hot-swappable video encoder blades supporting up to 84 analog cameras. Furthermore, with hot swapping there is no need to power down the entire system when installing or removing the video encoder blades.

The video encoder chassis is also highly reliable with its power and network redundancy. Featuring both RJ45 ports as well as SFP slots, this video encoder solution offers fully flexible and cost-effective long distance network connectivity.

Further features included in AXIS Q7436 Video Encoder Blade:

• Provides powerful event management capabilities with embedded intelligent video features such as tampering alarm and motion detection.
• Supports AXIS Camera Application Platform that enables development of third party applications that can be downloaded and installed on the encoder.
• Offers significant installation savings, by allowing PTZ control over the coaxial cable, in addition to the standard support for PTZ cameras using the serial ports. 
• The video encoder blade is supported by the industry's largest base of VMS through the Axis application development partner program and Axis VMS. Furthermore the video encoder includes support Hosted Video and ONVIF for easy camera system integration.

The video encoder blade and video encoder chassis is planned to be available for order in third quarter of 2013 through Axis distribution channels.

Do more with less

Editor / Provider: By Tevin Wang, a&s International | Updated: 5/14/2013 | Article type: Tech Corner

Fisheye cameras have been around for years, but real-life adoption seems to be limited, due to a limited number of offerings and VMS integrations. Things are changing for the better, as more camera manufacturers and management software providers pay more attention to the optics and user benefits. a&s looks into the latest developments.

Panoramic and hemispheric lenses have been used by photographers for decades. Nowadays, one can literally shoot images with panoramic or fisheye effects with smartphones. Still, what is common in the consumer electronics industry may be exotic in security.

The panoramic camera offers both the 180-degree and 360-degree panoramic view using a single fisheye lens or several normal lenses. “For a panoramic camera using several lenses, the panoramic image is produced by stitching the images shot by each of the lenses,” said Osborne Fang, Marketing Manager at Brickcom. “On the other hand, the fisheye camera provides the panoramic image with a single lens. Due to the extremely wide viewing angle of the fisheye lens, the image is distorted and dewarping technology is needed to turn the image into a normal one, readable to the human eye. Hence, dewarping is one of the keys to the final image quality of the fisheye camera.”

Petra Bennermark, Product Manager at Axis Communications, added, “A panoramic camera refers to either a camera that is mounted on a wall and gives a 180-degree view from the wall or a ceiling-mounted camera that gives a 360-degree view of the area below the ceiling. A camera with a 180-degree fisheye lens constitutes one technical solution to such a camera. So I would say that a fisheye camera is a subset of panoramic cameras.”

One way to envision a 180-degree view is to imagine standing in the center of an alley with your back against a wall. “Cameras mounted where your head is would be able to see the whole alley including both ends and the wall that your head is against,” said Ellen Cargill, Director of Product Development for Scallop Imaging (a division of Tenebraex).

Pluses & Trade-Offs
It is important that user s understand what they get and what they do not get from fisheye cameras. Fixed cameras, however mounted, cover narrow fields of view and multiple cameras are required to give adequate coverage of wide areas. PTZ cameras, on the other hand, require manual control and are therefore most often pointing to the wrong place at the wrong time. “A fisheye camera mounted on a wall or on the ceiling in the center of a room or area can cover a vast area with no blind spots, no moving parts, and no manual control required,” said David Myers, CTO at AMG Systems. “While not totally replacing fixed and PTZ cameras, fisheye cameras provide total coverage and reduce both the number of cameras required and the infrastructure required. The ability to follow a subject on a single camera is also of great benefit in forensic analysis”

Some trade-offs still exist for fisheye cameras. As a fisheye camera uses a specialized lens that distorts the image of a scene to fit it into a single view, circular fisheye images do not use all the pixels on an image sensor. Also, image magnification diminishes as the subject moves toward the edges of the scene despite that megapixel image sensors and digital image processing have improved fisheye performance on the edges of the field of view.

Distortion & Pixel Check
Fisheye lenses project a circular footprint and have constant or linear distortion from the center to the edge. Objects closer to the camera appear bigger, while they reduce rapidly in size as the distance from the camera increases. In other words, users could have an unavoidable drop-off in image quality at the edges. These issues might be “magnified” after dewarping. It is similar to the difference between a globe and a map of the world when attempting to provide a two-dimensional representation of the three-dimensional world. Both poles are squished, like oversized representations of Antarctica and Greenland on some maps. The same goes for a fisheye lens: the farther an object is from the center of an image, the more distorted it becomes.

Image distortions and pixel drops of fisheye cameras are hard to read from technical specs. The best way is to actually test the cameras and check the details. “When comparing, make sure that you compare ‘apples to apples' — that is, the same part of the scene, the same field of view, same distance and direction angle from the camera,” Bennermark said.

There is a lot of confusion when it comes to representing the true resolution of fisheye cameras as they, compared to fixed cameras, have a smaller optical image sensor. Greg Alcorn, Director of Global Sales at Oncam Grandeye shared some simple mathematics that can help end users and integrators check exactly what resolution they are getting. “Most manufactures use a 5-megapixel sensor, or 2592 by 1944 pixels, and the image is then cropped to the size of the lens, or a circle within a rectangle. The circle, therefore, has a diameter of 1944 pixels and the following equation is used to calculate the true resolution. The actual resolution equals the area of the circle. [In this case, the actual resolution is 972x972, which is 2.9 megapixels.]"

Dewarping
Human eyes are not used to optical distortion and dewarping is created for this purpose. Dewarping can be done on fisheye cameras or on the client application. “The achievable optical resolution of the lens and the achievable resolution of the image sensor play an important role on the image quality of the dewarped image,” Fang said. “For example, a high-optical resolution fisheye lens with the 5-megapixel image sensor can provide more detail than the same lens with the 1-megapixel image sensor. Meanwhile, the computation power of the processor determines the time it takes for the dewarping function to process the raw optical image.”

In-camera dewarping offers direct dewarped views based on user's need. User can choose the number of dewarped views of the scene and the camera will do the rest. “Dewarping on the camera lets the customer create virtual views or narrow-field windows that create blind spots similar to conventional cameras. The windows may be moved using PTZ commands over the network, and will then have latency similar to what is currently associated with mechanical PTZ cameras,” Alcorn said. “[However], dewarping on the camera does not allow the ability to retrospectively view the 360 image, which is one of the biggest advantages of using 360-degree cameras.”

Dewarping on the client side, on the other hand, allows for retrospective viewing, which enables the user to go back in time to view the total scene in its original form and then pan, tilt, and/or zoom within the 360-degree image as desired. “An additional advantage to dewarp on the client side is the ability for multiple clients to view the same image with different perspectives concurrently. There is no time slicing required as with traditional PTZ cameras or 360 cameras with dewarping onboard the camera,” Alcorn added.

However, Alf Chang, Senior Consultant at a&s held a different opinion. ”In-camera dewarping may also allow multiple clients to view the same image with different perspectives. This relates more to NVRs than where the dewarping occurs. Indeed, the mode or numbers of dewarped views can only be set by one user at the front end. These dewarped views and footage are stored at the NVR. Via NVR, it is still feasible for multiple clients to view the same image with different perspectives. ”

Dewarping in the camera or on the client side have their pros and cons. When cameras are capable of dewarping themselves, installers or integrators have fewer concerns regarding the loading on the client side because the camera is doing the processing. Dewarping on the client side, on the other hand, offers comparatively more flexible and retrospective viewing. There are many dewarping methods. “Some well-known dewarping methods include stereographic projection, equidistant projection, and cylindrical projection. Each method has its own advantages, and the implementation details of the dewarping methods have to adapt to the optical characteristics of the fisheye lens used,” Fang said. “The key is the popularity and compatibility with the VMS.”

VMS Interoperability
Most fisheye manufacturers require a separate SDK for dewarping and e-PTZ controls. This makes integration to V MS systems challenging. In order to enhance the algorithm to the fullest of fisheye cameras, a VMS with full support is crucial. Limited VMS integration will block immersive fisheye cameras from being used effectively. VMS which support multiple manufacturers or even an established standard are key for broader adoption of fisheye cameras.

Oncam Grandeye is optimistic about the potential of fisheye cameras and increased integration with VMS platforms. “Technology moves forward and image quality gets better. VMS, like everything else, is advancing. We have developed an SDK for multiple platforms that can be integrated into any clientside application. It comes with our patented dewarping technology using OpenGL and 3D modeling techniques to project a texture map of the image onto p-surface (a 3D object, generated by a computer graphic system). This takes advantage of current state-of-theart GPUs (graphic processor units), which reduces the load on the CPU. Performing dewarping on the CPU could use as much as 20 percent of the CPU's performance, based on the size of the image and frame rate,” Alcorn said.

Myers agreed. “We provide the software to our VMS partners which allows fast dewarping of the high resolution fisheye live and recorded through their viewing software.”

Brickcom is also eager to increase its technology partners. “Our fisheye camera is compatible now with more than 40 VMS solutions thanks to the open ImmerVision 360-degree viewing standard,” Fang added.

If cameras are capable of dewarping, VMS interoperability is not a concern. “As Axis does dewarping in the camera, VMS is subscribed to the already dewarped images. These dewarped images can be dynamically controlled to make it a digital PTZ camera. There is no need for VMS applications to deal with dewarping,” according to Bennermark.

Future Development
Some manufacturers are launching day-night fisheye cameras for 24-hour coverage. Also, they can be deployed outdoors. The goal is to allow fisheye cameras not to be limited to indoor installations but to wider outdoor areas.

For the past few years, the greatest advances in IP-based video surveillance have been in compression and megapixel technology. These technologies bring panoramic and hemispheric cameras up to a new level, and they can be used in more applications than before, said Steve Ma, Executive VP of VIVOTEK. “With today's sensor and lens technologies, manufacturers are able to provide high quality 360-degree cameras. We will bundle fisheye cameras and speed dome cameras as a solution for great perspectives and details, which allows users to simultaneously monitor both an overview and a detailed regional view of any given scene.”

Axis releases outdoor PTZ dome

Editor / Provider: Axis Communications | Updated: 5/8/2013 | Article type: Security 50

Axis Communication's P5414-E PTZ Dome is the first of a new line of outdoor-ready PTZ cameras with an intelligent direct drive pan/tilt system for unsurpassed mechanical endurance. This, together with other hardware innovations, has resulted in an attractively priced, uniquely designed HD 720p PTZ dome with 18x optical zoom for outdoor wall-mount surveillance installations—ideal for use in city and perimeter surveillance, parking houses and school yards.

Axis, presented a direct drive PTZ camera with few moving parts. The camera is directly attached to the drive shaft of two motors—one for panning and another for tilting the camera. With no mechanical parts such as belts or gears, the dome's durable and highly efficient pan/tilt system provides customers with a reliable, low-maintenance PTZ camera. Other innovations include a built-in wall bracket that eliminates the need to purchase a separate mounting accessory. This not only provides cost-savings to customers, but makes wall-mount installations even easier and quicker.

“About half of all PTZ cameras are mounted on walls and Axis P5414-E addresses this market with some unique designs,” says Erik Frannlid, Axis' Director of Product Management. “The result is an attractively priced, high-performance, low-maintenance HD PTZ camera that's easy to install.”

The dome has an integrated sunshield that is designed for easy removal, allowing customers to repaint it to match the installation environment. The sunshield's sloping form also helps the camera resist attempts by vandals to pull it down. The camera has a hidden junction box that supports two-way audio, a memory card slot, four configurable inputs/outputs to external devices, and the option for customers to use either 24 V DC or PoE Plus (IEEE 802.3at). The dome supports Advanced Gatekeeper, which enables the camera to automatically pan, tilt and zoom in to a preset position when motion is detected in a predefined area.

With the ability to pan 270 degrees, the dome can also be mounted on the corner of a building with the use of a corner mount bracket, enabling wide area coverage and high optical zoom for detailed surveillance in HD resolution. It will be available in July 2013 through Axis distribution channels at the suggested retail price of 1342 Euros.

Further features of the camera include:

• HDTV 720p performance, which is in compliance with the SMPTE 296M standard regarding resolution, full frame rate, HDTV color fidelity and 16:9 format.
• The 18x zoom with autofocus, in combination with the HDTV resolution, provides zoomed-in views that offer not only the same level of detail as a 36x-zoom, standard resolution camera, but also the extra advantage of a wider (16:9) field of view.
• Multiple, individually configurable streams in H.264 and Motion JPEG video formats.
• D/N functionality, which involves an automatically removable infrared-cut filter for delivering color video during day time, and high-quality black and white video in low-light conditions.
• Intelligent video functionalities such as video motion detection, Advanced Gatekeeper and audio detection, as well as support for additional applications through AXIS Camera Application Platform.
• Outdoor-ready with IP66 and NEMA 4X ratings that ensure protection against dust, rain, snow and corrosion.

The dome is supported by the industry's largest base of VMS through the Axis Application Development Partner Program, AXIS Camera Station and the complimentary Axis Camera Companion. The camera also includes support for Axis Video Hosting System and ONVIF for easy camera system integration.

Tyco Security/AD enhances Critical DVR line

Editor / Provider: Tyco Security Products | Updated: 4/19/2013 | Article type: Security 50

American Dynamics, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, has announced significant developments to its current ADTVR Series of embedded video recorders.

Even as the company continues its accelerated development of network video recorders and IP solutions, it recognizes the importance of answering the increasing demand from customers in the vast DVR market.

"As a leading global provider of video solutions, we have a responsibility to listen to the requirements of customers who rely on digital recorders for their analog cameras,” said Steve Carney, Director of Product Management. “Our ADTVR Series of embedded video recorders delivers quality recording for businesses looking to protect their facilities in an intuitive way without sacrificing key video management features.”

The ADTVR Series is offered in two models: a powerful 4-channel model (VS3) and an 8-and 16-channel model (LT2). Both have been re-engineered with a new chassis, motherboard and chipset to provide even faster recording times than previous versions.

Both models boast an intuitive interface, with easy navigation, instant playback, remote client software, advanced dual streaming technology, mapping, and more. Leveraging the powerful PoS text integration, retailers can connect up to four PoS devices to record, playback, and view video, ultimately helping them minimize internal theft and provide cost-savings for their business.

For powerful video management on the go, the ADTVR mobile app provides access to live camera views across multiple ADTVR recorders. Control PTZ cameras, bookmark popular 2x2 multi-camera layouts, save image snapshots and send email alerts on alarm with optional JPEG snapshots to any email-enabled mobile device.

Indigovision launches 20-CH encoder

Editor / Provider: IndigoVision | Updated: 4/8/2013 | Article type: Security 50

IndigoVision's 20 channel encoder, makes it even easier, and even more cost effective, to upgrade existing analog security systems to a world class IP security management solution.

"There are still a large number of analog security installations." stated Marcus Kneen, CEO of IndigoVision, "When security professionals are looking to migrate their analog system to IP, they are often told to replace existing cameras with IP cameras. To many, that is just too expensive."

"It gets worse", comments Paul Murphy, IndigoVision Marketing Manager. "We have heard shocking stories of other manufacturers knowingly selling cheap encoders for analog cameras with appalling video quality and latency so high that PTZ cameras are uncontrollable. Installers and security managers discover this after the offending encoders have been installed. The reality is, these cheap encoders simply don't deliver."

This new 20 channel encoder makes the move to IP easy. Designed specifically for installation in a rack cabinet, this double density encoder requires 50% less rack space and uses over 60% less power, per channel, due to IndigoVision's latest encoder technology.

Samsung Techwin redesigns PTZ domes

Editor / Provider: Samsung Techwin | Updated: 4/5/2013 | Article type: Security 50

Five of Samsung's PTZ domes have been redesigned and are now smaller, lighter and more modern looking than their predecessors.

"Our design engineers are always looking at ways to improve the aesthetics of our products and the redesigned domes certainly have a more modern look. Being smaller and lighter, they are also easier to install," said Peter Ainsworth, Senior Product Manager for Samsung Techwin Europe.  

The five domes collectively offer a solution for any application where a PTZ dome is required. Customers can choose from models, which are designed for either internal or external use, with the option of 27x or 37x zoom, whilst the top of the range models are equipped with WDR technology, which makes them ideal for locations where there may be strong contrasting lighting conditions.

The new part numbers of the redesigned models are: SCP-2271H, SCP-2271, SCP-2371H, SCP-3371H ,SCP-3371.

As is the case with all Samsung professional security products, the new PTZ models are supplied with full support services from Samsung Techwin Europe, including free system design, free technical support and a full three-year warranty.

IndigoVision integrates with Paxton access module

Editor / Provider: IndigoVision | Updated: 3/25/2013 | Article type: Security 50

IndigoVision has launched its latest integration module enabling Paxton access control systems to be fully integrated into control center, IndigoVision's IP security management software solution.

"This is a significant milestone." said John Semple, IndigoVision's Head of Product Management, "Releasing the 10th access control integration module, integrating the Paxton system into the IndigoVision solution, shows how IndigoVision leads the security industry as the open platform of choice."

Semple continued, "The industry is now demanding completely integrated security solutions. Individual security components, such as analytics, license plate recognition, access control, alarm systems and perimeter detection need to be integrated with video security to provide an easy to manage, fully integrated IP security solution. Our customers tell us that an integrated solution dramatically increases efficiency with alarm management enabling quicker incident response."

IndigoVision's integration modules include systems from multiple manufacturers, including Lenel, Software House, Honeywell and GE. Other external systems such as license plate recognition and advanced analytics can also be integrated into the IndigoVision solution. The IndigoVision integration modules allow a seamless flow of events between the external security system and the IndigoVision solution. These events can trigger a wide range of actions in the IndigoVision solution, including starting recordings, displaying live video, moving PTZ cameras or sending notification emails. In addition, events and video can be effortlessly managed in a single, unified user interface, IndigoVision's control center.

In addition to this IndigoVision Paxton integration module, significant enhancements have been made to the IndigoVision Gallagher and IndigoVision MASC Integration Modules.

Vicon VMS compatible with SightLogix thermal cam

Editor / Provider: SightLogix | Updated: 3/22/2013 | Article type: Security 50

SightLogix, a thermal camera manufacturer for perimeter security applications, announces integration of the SightLogix video analytics solution with Vicon Industries' ViconNet VMS.

SightSensor video analytic cameras, which detect objects that violate perimeter security rules, can now send video and alarm information over the network for display within the ViconNet VMS. SightTrackers, which automatically steer PTZ cameras, now send the PTZ's video to the ViconNet system for up-close, alarm verification. The combined solution can trigger actions within the ViconNet system to initiate alarm processing, such as recording or alarm notification. The integration provides accurate, cost-efficient outdoor security for protecting critical assets.

"Our customers need accurate, detailed information about threats to their security or operations," said John Romanowich, President and CEO, SightLogix. "The integration with ViconNet incorporates powerful outdoor detection functionality into the operating environment of ViconNet to expand the value of both systems in support of our customers' security."

"ViconNet's open-platform, enterprise VMS solution provides added value to its users by making integration, such as what we've done with SightLogix, as easy as possible via an ‘event manager system.' Through a simple process of assigning relationships between data fields from the SightLogix cameras and ViconNet, the user benefits from a perfect combination of video verification and analytic event triggering," explained Guy Arazi, Vicon's Director of Product Management.

Axis releases indoor vandal-resistant PTZ dome series

Editor / Provider: Axis Communications | Updated: 3/20/2013 | Article type: Security 50

Axis Communications announces indoor, vandal-resistant, hard-ceiling mounted PTZ dome cameras. Axis M50-V PTZ dome network cameras are a solution that can for example, help to cost-effectively monitor train platforms and boarding areas, entrances, exits and waiting halls. They also make it possible to manage one or more locations while improving security.

"Axis M50-V cameras are affordably priced, vandal-resistant PTZ domes that give the big picture," says Erik Frannlid, Director of Product Management of Axis. "These cameras bring the flexibility and benefits of PTZ cameras, and adding the high-quality of the sturdy casing, the cameras find their ideal application in those public places where many people are gathered, such as schools, train stations and warehouses. It's perfect for getting an overview of the ongoing synergy of the people and objects being monitored. If the layout of the place changes, the camera's view can be changed without having to relocate the camera."

Axis M50-V cameras provide a number of advantages and benefits when public areas need to monitored and secure. They offer a wide range of capabilities that provide an even safer and more efficient environment. These include automatic alerts, e.g. at motion, camera tampering or when someone enters a restricted area. The robust casing also provides protection against vandalism.

Axis M5013-V and Axis M5014-V are planned to be available in Q2 2013 through Axis distribution channels.

Further features of the AXIS M50-V include:
- Axis M5013-V provides SVGA 800x600 pixel resolution. HDTV 720p in Axis M5014-V entails a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, progressive scan, HDTV color fidelity, full frame rate and a 16:9 format
- The camera is compact, lightweight yet tough and is both IP66- and IK10-rated, making it resistant to water, dust and vandalism
- Edge storage is included
- The cameras are powered using PoE IEEE 802.3af, which simplifies installation since a standard network cable will carry power, video and PTZ controls
- The network cable is protected in the ceiling mount to enhance tamper protection
- The camera can easily be integrated with existing security systems and with other products